i don't want to be king

Chapter 800 Unexpected debut
Bayi was still cheering at the top of his voice, but finally Li Liang covered his mouth and pressed him down on the seat before giving up.

McTominay and the others were all congratulating Li Liang, and Martial on the side laughed: "Li, what Eric (Bay) said is true!"

Li Liang replied helplessly: "Anthony, it's just entering the 18-man substitute list!"

Lukaku turned his head and smiled: "Li, I have a hunch that you will definitely be able to play in the game the day after tomorrow!"

Faria came in with a serious expression, and everyone fell silent.

The Portuguese began to arrange an away game against Swansea.

In the tactical arrangement, he mentioned that Li Liang will be Mkhitaryan's substitute in the game: "Li, please prepare to play, of course, if everything goes well!"

The next day the whole team arrived in Swansea, the second largest city in Wales.

Swansea has a beautiful name in literal translation - Swan Sea. Because of what happened in Cardiff, Li Liang is full of affection for Wales.

People in this city were equally impressed by Li Liang, and along the way Li Liang almost became the most popular of the Red Devils among the local fans.

On the day of the game, Li Liang, who was warming up with his teammates, was much more relaxed. At least he now has a group of teenagers headed by McTominay as fans.

He observed the overall ratings of his opponents. At least in terms of numbers, Swansea's strength is even far behind West Ham United.

And what caught his attention the most was that the eyes of the Swansea players all seemed to be wandering, and it didn't seem like a group preparing for the game.

Li Liang's premonition was very correct. At the beginning of the game, the two sides could still communicate. Swansea's striker even put a lot of pressure on De Gea.

The huge gap in strength between the two sides was not reflected in the score in time. It seemed that the Swansea players who were determined to defend and counterattack were getting better and better. Li Liang, who was on the bench, even doubted everything he had observed before.

Even Mourinho became more and more restless on the sidelines. He almost stayed in the command area, yelling and roaring, desperately signaling the players to move, move and enter the game according to their own ideas.

He couldn't help being a little worried. It seemed that the game was developing at the pace the home team wanted.

It was not until the 45th minute that the deadlock was accidentally broken.

Manchester United got a left corner kick before half-time, and Mata took the penalty.

The Spanish midfielder kicked a powerful corner kick, and Pogba, under the cover of his teammates, rose from the ground and rushed to the top!

The header flew towards the goal. The former Arsenal goalkeeper Fabianski of Poland couldn't react in time. The ball passed him and hit the crossbar and then bounced heavily on the goal line——

A red figure suddenly protruded from the white clothes of the home team. Manchester United defender Bayi stood out and "stepped" the ball into the goal! 0:1!

After the ball, Mourinho was finally relieved, and he raised his arms and roared on the sideline.

Li Liang and other substitutes stayed on the court to warm up, the main players returned to the visiting team's locker room with a one-goal lead, and Mourinho and his assistants kept motivating the players.

Seeing Martial, Herrera and Fellaini being called back to the locker room, Li Liang realized that he might miss the stage.

Although a little disappointed, fortunately, the team has seen the hope of a second consecutive victory.

At the beginning of the second half of the game, the Swansea players launched a fierce counterattack, but Li Liang noticed that more and more Swansea players saw that kind of distracted eyes.

Even without seeing the statistics, people in the stadium can still see that Manchester United are firmly in control of the situation on the field.

The midfield composed of Pogba, Matic, Mata and Mkhitaryan completely suppressed the opponent, but Rashford and Lukaku missed good opportunities several times, which caused the magic bird on the sidelines to beat their chests and feet.

Li Liang calmly observed the situation on the field. Swansea's defense was already in jeopardy. Neither the individual ability of the players nor the overall defensive organization could compete with Manchester United.

It seems that Manchester United's poor offense is more due to its own problems.

To his surprise, Mourinho has never been very satisfied with Mkhitaryan, who runs smartly in the frontcourt and has amazing performances from time to time. yell.

Li Liang gradually saw the way. Mkhitaryan is undoubtedly a rare frontcourt genius, and his breakthroughs and passes during counterattacks and fast advances are very lethal.

But after the rhythm slowed down, the opponent's Dutch midfielder Ferrer relied on his strong physique to greatly suppress the Armenian's performance.

Li Liang finally understood that Mkhitaryan could not provide stable support for his teammates in the frontcourt during positional warfare, and was easily "driven" by the opponent out of the threat area.

Fortunately, under the tight defense of the Red Devils in the backcourt, Swansea was unable to launch a counterattack, and the game was always in the hands of the visiting team.

In the 71st minute, Mourinho first replaced the teenager Rashford with Martial.

After seeing that the effect of the adjustment was not obvious, Mourinho immediately adjusted decisively in the 77th minute, replacing Mata with the big man Fellaini, and at the same time arranged for the players on the field to recover the lead ready to defend the next goal.

The recovery of Manchester United's three lines seemed to give the home team an illusion, and Swansea immediately pressed across the board and tried to save the defeat with a desperate attack.

After the counterattack space in the frontcourt suddenly expanded, Li Liang, who was regretting that he might not have made his debut, finally saw the great power of Mkhitaryan in the counterattack.

In the 80th minute, Matic quickly passed the ball to the front after stealing the ball from the backcourt, and the ball finally fell to the feet of Mkhitaryan on the right side of the penalty area.

He decisively sent a diagonal pass into the penalty area, and Lukaku, who ran accurately, easily pushed and scored near the penalty spot, 0:2!The Red Devils successfully extended their lead!
Li Liang saw that the Swansea players were on the verge of collapse.

Less than 2 minutes later, Manchester United once again played a wonderful counterattack!

In the 82nd minute, Mkhitaryan made a comeback. He dribbled the ball straight in from the right and cut in again decisively. The second time he sent an exquisite pass that was almost exactly the same as before——

Pogba strode behind the defender and directly faced Fabianski, "Mr. Billion" easily lobbed and scored, 0:3!Manchester United completely sealed the victory in 2 minutes!

When the players on the field celebrated wildly, Mourinho strode towards the bench, and he pointed to Li Liang——

In the 85th minute, Li Liang finally ushered in his unexpected first appearance in the Premier League!
He thought that the team needed to strengthen the defense at the end of the game, and it would be difficult for him to play, but he didn't expect that everything changed dramatically in 2 minutes!
A large number of fans of the home team in the stands had already got up and left the field early, but Li Liang's appearance still caused a small sensation.

The replaced Mkhitaryan raised his hands in high spirits to pay tribute to the expeditionary Manchester United fans in the stands. This rewarding substitution obviously made the Armenians enjoy it very much.

After Li Liang came on the field, he found that the Swansea players had no intention of resisting. Soon Fell made a mistake in stopping the ball in front of him. Li Liang got the ball near the center line on the right and immediately advanced quickly.

The backcourt of Swansea, which was pressing heavily, was empty. Li Liang had observed the running positions of his teammates clearly. He cut inside and waited for a while before sending a direct pass——

After receiving the ball on the left side of the penalty area, Martial calmly broke in, facing the attacking Fabianski, he easily pushed the far corner successfully!

In the 91st minute, Martial scored the icing on the cake for the fourth goal!
The excited French striker rushed to Li Liang and hugged him tightly!

Faria and other assistant coaches were all smiling, and Mourinho stood on the sidelines still expressionless and motionless.

The game finally ended, Manchester United won two consecutive games with 4 goals, and continued to rank first in the standings.

Li Liang completed his league debut and harvested his first assist data in the new league.

(End of this chapter)